Tattoo ideas

49,007 photos and flash · 24% Fine line, 17% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Black lettering tattoo in Devanagari script across the left ribs, set in a single line above the waistline.
Sanskrit script lettering on the ribs
Black line drawing of a mandala-style triangular design with a dotted border and a trailing ornamental spray, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Mandala triangle tattoo design
Black fine line tattoo of an elephant with a raised trunk and a small curved shape beside it, on the upper chest.
Fine line elephant on the upper chest
Black and grey tattoo of a bare winter tree beside the navel, with a shaded moon above it, across the torso.
Bare tree and moon on torso
Fine line black script reading still I rise with an arrow, tattooed along the side of a torso above the hip.
Still I rise script and arrow on the side
Sketchy, watercolour-style lion wearing a crown with a crescent moon, in pink, teal and blue on the thigh.
Crowned lion on a thigh
Pencil sketch of a flaming sun behind a crescent moon, with script lettering across the moon and stars scattered below, drawn as a tattoo design.
Sun and crescent moon with script lyric
Small black and grey dragonfly tattoo in a fine line style on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small dragonfly on a wrist
Black and grey cartoon raccoon tattoo on a wrist beside a larger cartoon blue bird tattoo on a forearm, in a black and white photo.
Two cartoon animal tattoos on forearms
Traditional style tattoo on a calf showing two crossed-finger hands and red roses within a gold-edged oval, with the words 'All the best lies they are told with fingers crossed' beneath.
Crossed fingers and roses on a calf
Black and white photo of two clasped hands with a small fine line planet tattoo on one finger and a rocket tattoo on another.
Planet and rocket finger tattoos
Colour neo-trad tattoo on a forearm of a large red rose shaped like a circus big top, with a ferris wheel, a tightrope walker, a small animal on a ball and a unicycle.
Circus rose with big top and unicycle on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a thigh, showing a peony, daisies, fern leaves, a stylised hand and a banner reading I long for you to hold me in your arms.
Peony and hand banner tattoo on thigh
Back view of a woman wearing a white cap, with a black linework cherry blossom branch tattoo with red blossoms across her upper back and shoulder.
Blossom branch across upper back
Realistic full moon tattoo in orange, pink and dark grey tones on the upper chest near the collarbone, with a person wearing a white open shirt.
Realistic moon tattoo on upper chest
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a cat-faced matryoshka doll in purple with a pink yarn ball, in a neo-traditional style.
Cat-faced matryoshka doll holding a yarn ball
Black flash sheet of two fox silhouettes, paw prints, bird footprints and animal tracks, with a mirrored quotation in small script.
Fox and animal track flash sheet
Traditional flash drawing of a dagger piercing peach and orange roses with black leaves and buds, shown on white paper with no body placement.
Dagger piercing roses in traditional style
Black outlined downward-pointing triangle tattoo in a geometric style on the inner forearm of pale skin.
Outlined downward triangle on a forearm
Black henna-style mandala tattoo sleeve covering a forearm and upper arm, with floral motifs and dotted lines.
Mandala sleeve on forearm and upper arm
Large black blackwork tribal tattoos with spiral motifs on a person's hip and thigh, shown against a patterned fabric background.
Tribal spiral tattoos on hip and thigh
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a skull with branches and a rose on the forearm.
Skull and rose on a forearm
Black and grey yin yang tattoo of a black cat and a white cat curled together inside a circle on the wrist.
Yin yang cats on a wrist
Black line maze tattoo covering the forearm, ending in a solid black band at the wrist, in a Geometric and Blackwork style on the forearm.
Line maze tattoo on a forearm
Black tribal-style octopus design with swirling tentacles and dot details on a plain white background, shown as a drawn design rather than on skin.
Tribal-style octopus design
Red heart and black and grey stencil-style figure tattooed on a forearm, beside a printed reference design of the same motif.
Heart and figure stencil on a forearm
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo of two lines of latitude and longitude coordinates in a serif typeface on the inner forearm.
Coordinates tattoo on the inner forearm
Small colour tattoo of lavender sprigs with purple flowers and green stems and leaves, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Lavender sprigs on the inner wrist
Full colour realism sleeve tattoo on an arm showing chickadees, cherry blossom, purple flowers and a woman's face against a blue sky, shown from five angles.
Bird, blossom and woman full sleeve
Two bare feet in beach sand showing a small black fine line anchor tattoo on one ankle and a ship's wheel tattoo on the other.
Anchor and ship's wheel ankle tattoos on sand
Black and grey traditional rose tattoo with dotwork shading and leaves across the back of the neck.
Rose on the back of the neck
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a green raptor head with open jaws and a red rose with dark leaves, on the calf.
Raptor head and rose on a calf
Neo-traditional flash design of a winged fairy with a small compass tattoo on her arm, framed by rope and banners reading Those who wander are not always lost.
Winged fairy with wanderer quote flash
Black lettering tattoo of an interlocking script monogram with flowing swashes on the wrist, covered by clear plastic wrap.
Script monogram on a wrist
Black ink drawing of a sugar skull skeleton woman with a hair bun, hand fan and cigarette, on a parchment-coloured background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Sugar skull skeleton lady with fan
Fine line black tattoo of two gloved cartoon hands forming a heart on the hand, with a castle blurred in the background.
Mickey-style hands heart tattoo on a hand
Black ink flash design of a horizontal scrolling border with stylised flowers, buds and leaves on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Black scrolling floral border band
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two hands with solid black shadow shapes behind them, on the side of the torso.
Dotwork hands with black shadow on side
Traditional style tattoo of two clasped hands with red roses, green leaves and a dagger on a person's lower abdomen, above a grey waistband.
Handshake with roses and a dagger on the stomach
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing armour plates with a stylised monogram on the shoulder and chainmail-style knotwork below the elbow.
Armour and chainmail sleeve with monogram
Traditional panther head tattoo on a woman's neck, with small finger and hand tattoos, wearing a white shirt.
Traditional panther head on the neck
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing praying hands, a winged cross, a dove and clouds in black and grey shading, with no body placement visible.
Praying hands, winged cross and dove design
Fine line tattoo of a paper plane outline on the inner forearm, with a small red lip print on one wing.
Paper plane with red kiss mark on forearm
Traditional flash design of a sailor in a cap kissing a woman with a finger waves hairstyle, framed by a rope circle with a red poppy and leaves.
Sailor and woman kissing flash
Black ink scrolling vine design with curling flourishes and heart shapes, printed on pale wood grain.
Black scroll and heart flourish design
Black and grey wolf head tattoo with three roses on each side and a geometric line design above, placed on the chest below the breasts.
Wolf head and roses on the chest
Black and grey mandala flash design with a central flower, layered petals, leaves and pointed geometric outer border, drawn on paper.
Mandala flower design in black and grey
Colour tattoo of a cartoon figure with round glasses and a red and white striped hat, placed on the neck behind the ear.
Cartoon character tattoo behind the ear

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